Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
Departments of Psychology and Oncology, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Jan 15;15(1):129-137. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.7586.
The current archival analyses examine the direct and indirect effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on depression in cancer survivors.
We report on 67 cancer survivors from a 2 × 2 randomized controlled trial of CBT-I and armodafinil for insomnia, after collapsing across the noneffective study medication conditions (armodafinil/placebo) to create CBT-I (yes/no). Depression and insomnia were assessed before, during the 7-week CBT-I intervention, at postintervention, and 3 months later by the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Insomnia Severity Index, respectively.
Mean depression at baseline for all participants was 6.44 (standard error = 0.41, range 0-15). Paired tests showed that depression improved from baseline to postintervention by 48% ( < .001) in the CBT-I group versus 15% ( = .016) in the non-CBT-I group. Analysis of covariance controlling for baseline found that participants receiving CBT-I had significantly less depression at postintervention (effect size = -0.62; = .001), compared to those who did not receive CBT-I. These benefits were maintained at the 3-month follow-up. Spearman rank correlations showed that changes in insomnia severity from baseline to postintervention were significantly correlated with concurrent changes in depression ( = .73; < .001). Path analysis revealed that improvement in depression was mediated by improvement in insomnia severity ( < .001).
Our findings provide preliminary support that in cancer survivors, CBT-I reduces depression via improvement in insomnia. Further, this reduction in depression remained stable 3 months after completing CBT-I. This suggests that a CBT-I intervention has a meaningful effect on depression.
Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov; Title: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy +/- Armodafinil for Insomnia and Fatigue Following Chemotherapy; Identifier: NCT01091974; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01091974.
本存档分析考察了失眠认知行为疗法(CBT-I)对癌症幸存者抑郁的直接和间接影响。
我们报告了一项针对失眠的 CBT-I 和阿莫达非尼的 2×2 随机对照试验中的 67 名癌症幸存者,该试验将无效的研究药物条件(阿莫达非尼/安慰剂)合并为 CBT-I(是/否)。抑郁和失眠分别通过患者健康问卷和失眠严重程度指数在干预前、7 周 CBT-I 干预期间、干预后和 3 个月后进行评估。
所有参与者的基线平均抑郁评分为 6.44(标准误差=0.41,范围 0-15)。配对 t 检验显示,CBT-I 组的抑郁从基线到干预后改善了 48%(<0.001),而非 CBT-I 组仅改善了 15%(=0.016)。控制基线的协方差分析发现,接受 CBT-I 的参与者在干预后抑郁程度明显低于未接受 CBT-I 的参与者(效应大小=-0.62;=0.001)。这些益处在 3 个月随访时得以维持。Spearman 等级相关分析显示,从基线到干预后的失眠严重程度变化与抑郁的同时变化显著相关(=0.73;<0.001)。路径分析显示,抑郁的改善是通过失眠严重程度的改善来介导的(<0.001)。
我们的研究结果初步支持了在癌症幸存者中,CBT-I 通过改善失眠来减轻抑郁。此外,在完成 CBT-I 后 3 个月,这种抑郁的减轻仍然稳定。这表明 CBT-I 干预对抑郁有显著的影响。
注册机构:ClinicalTrials.gov;标题:化疗后失眠的认知行为疗法 +/- 阿莫达非尼;标识符:NCT01091974;网址:https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01091974。